Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
Guardian19 hrs
Israel'’s Knesset made the right call in passing the death penalty law for Palestinian terrorists — justice demands clear and uncompromising consequences for mass murder. The long-criticized revolving door of terrorism endsmust hereend somewhere, and this move signals that every would-be attacker now faces the ultimate deterrent. After the Oct. 7 massacre that killed somearound 1,200 people, anything lessshort thanof the harshest punishment isrisks being seen not just as insufficient, but as a moral failure.
This law isfunctions as a discriminatory death machine, targeting Palestinians while effectively shielding Jewish offenders from the same punishment — that's is, apartheid, plain and simple. Major democracies, UNU.N. experts and Israeli human rights groups all agreewarn that it violates international law and the right to life. DismissingIgnoring overmore than 2,000 objections to rush thisit through provesonly Israelfurther isn'tdeepens interestedthe inimpression this is not about justice, —but justabout institutionalizing vengeance under the cover of law.
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